Saturday, January 19, 2013

A Valentine for MY Mantle

The silver metal tray was just not doing it for me…I tried a dough bowl but…still to dark looking.

I had to take these photos after dark because I watched the girls and also had to finish this project!

Finally learned how to take the yellow out of the pics…thank you Pic Monkey!

Here is the mantle when I first did it and I did try to shop my home but just couldn’t find anything that I liked! Then I thought about Valentine’s Day and how it will be here in less than a month and right away I got on Pinterest, because I knew I had pinned something the other day that I wanted to try and make.

Isn’t it adorable? Sara from Cozy. Cottage. Cute. made this for her hubby and she put a lot of thought into it, me, not so much! When I went to buy a heart punch I couldn’t find a one in my area, JoAnn’s was all sold out and only had one left but the heart on it was teeny tiny. So at the Dollar Tree I grabbed a bag of heart stickers to trace around and cut out the hearts from a DT book. Looking at Sara’s I know I didn’t want to cut out all those hearts so I used this frame that I already had and knew I'd only have to cut out a few, which made me happy!

Looking at Sara’s I know I didn’t want to cut out all those hearts so I used this frame with a smaller mat that I already had and knew I'd only have to cut out a few, which made me happy!

I think it is just what the mantel needed, seems to give it some balance now don’t you think?

Such a pretty mantel Rondell...I just love the framed heart cut outs! I noticed you have a yellow lab named Buster...we have a black lab mix with the same name...it suits him perfectly!!!Wishing you a wonderful day!!!XO Barbara

Hi Rondell! Oh, this is darling and just looks prefect on your mantel. That is a very cute idea with the hearts. Your mantel looks wonderful. I've got a nekked mantel, as you've seen,and need to get busy. :)Be a sweetie,Shelia ;)